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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1899-9-21, Page 6T HE EXETER, TIMES NOT49 4,1171, Patj confirmative is give e tie the etntere of the negotiation of an of- fensive and defensive alliance between Chine and Japan in the formal warn- ing given by Russia, against snob a noion. The rumors, eurrent for some time past, are that agreement has al - reedy been rhe e tvith. rept to the re -organization be Japanese agente of the Chinese army, nevy atad civil sere viee, the only thing remaining to be settled being the extent to wheel they are to control the finance's. Both the conservative and reform, parties in Perkin are said to favor the seheele, the former berause they believe that, unless streegthened erom without, the empire will collapse, the latter Ile - cause they think that under a geverne meat like that of Japan, they would be free to extend their propaganda. It is tae mandarins apparently who ob- jeet, doubtless •mi the ground that un- der Japanese gaidance an end would be put to their plundering, and who have therefore warned tbe foreign powers in the hope that their jeal- ousies will induce them to put pressure upon the Queen Dowager. Naturally Russia, which marches with China by land and so claims to have the greatest stake in the empire, has taken the alarm,• and in a formal protest has notified Perkin that the e-onolusion of the proposed union will have serious eemsequences for the dy- nasty. Thus far the other powers have remained silent, no doubt in the belief that the new strength given to China by the arrangement would be used only to check the Russian ad- vance, though as Pekin hates all for- eigners, a revivified China could not fail to be a serious matter for all Eu- rope. And there is no question that Japan could develop China's strength, could supply a corps of efficient agents who, without greatly disturb- ing her social system, •could so re -or- ganize her army, navy and finances, that within a few years, she would be beyond tthe menace of successful in- vasion and possessed of ample revenue to make herself impregnable. The dynasty has still sufficient authority to levy atn n.nlitaited conscription, Ja- pan c,oulcl supply her with modern arms and competent officers, and with the reform of Chinese finances, could so greatly increase the Chinese fleet, that, combined with her own, no Eu-, =peen power could risk the d.espatth of an army to China. a. chief cause a China's weakness is the frightful official corruption, which paralyses every service and deprives -the central government of necessery revenues; but as under Japanese con- trol the revenues would, be secure, the tax gatherers and the mandarins be- ing executed pitilessly if they plund- ered, China would in a few years be- come a very formidable power. That she raight then be able to check the Reasia.n advance is possible, though not probable, Russia being able to en- ter by lanA ; but even if she proved I able, as she would be certain to do everything that it is assumed Russia will do—gov-ern harshly, encroaah on the territory of other powers, re- strict trade, etc.,—it is difficult to see how Europe would profit by it. On the other hand, a Mongol alliance would concentrate in the hands of a race which, though possessed of the veneer of civilization, is still 'pagan, an enormous mass of material power, which it would be certain to use with- out scruple on occasion. Such a union could not be for the good of Europe or the world, and thotegh China has the same right of allianoe as has other na- tions, the acquiescence of the powers in the one proposed, because it may act as a check upon Russia, is not to be hastily assumed. A GIRL'S PIN MONEY, tA.: girl can scarcely be too young to leave some idea of the value of money, and a weekly allowance will teach her the pleasure of providing little gifts and nicknacks out of her own pocket. AL the age of 15 or 16 every girl should have an allowance, mit of which she should buy her own gloves, sta- tionery and ribbons. This will teach her the use her pocket money can be put to. A,s she gets oldee her allowance should include money for her entire wardrobe. Such an allowance should be probationary, and should depend upon, the girls judgment and care in, the choosing of her clothes during the period when the first allowance is spent, She must learn to keep att account of every penny she spends. This will teach her manythings in the handling ef =nee, and she will profit by bar Mistakes, CANE UMBRELLAS. The convertible catiee.embrella is a novelte, By unserewing the tip and touching a spring the cover is remov- ed and the stick becomes a stylish cane, while the cover can be carried in a dress suit case. 13y reversieg the process a sun shade or water shedder is ready fer use. Dresdee handled fcer umbrellas and parasols are oo the wine, while silver, beiewelecl gun metals and elaborately earved woode are appearing ba &eery toriceivable design, The cotton eteabrella is now a thing of the past. OBSTACLES IN THE WAY., REV. DR, TALMAGE TELLS HOW SINNERS NAY BE SAVED. A Struggle to 4i;et in at the Bight Gate_ Slits That Keep Some People Out of Waren-The First Thing to Do to Be Sttvell--Ways or Beading the Bible - The Dr. Preaches a enverent Sermon* !A, despatch from 1Vathington says —Rev. Dr. Talmage preached frorath following text: "Strive to enter tz a the straiglet, gate."—Luke xiii. 24. You know that the ancient *title were surrounded by high walls for th purpose of defenee against enemies. these walls there were large gates which were kept open during the' day time; but at nightfall, with a gram clang the gates came together. Some times after nightfall a man, having been belated on his journey would come u.p with his camel, and finding the main gate closed, he would go to the foot -passengers' gate—the small gate, the straight gate, the narrow gate—and he would drive his camel through that gate. But it was with great difficulty that he got through at all, the gate was ,so low and so nar- row; but by pushing and crowding and urging on, he could get through. Now Christ, in allusion to that, is depicting the diffioulty with which men get in- to the gate of pardon and heaven. He says: "Strive' to enter in at the straight gate"—the narrow gate, the small gate—implying that it would be ere many in. this house -you must give Up sin or give up heaven, Neeprenito,atgheervdoaireee caeolar Th, wdrieete, that Boerne the Inatulate* And meets a fiery day." Aga ietease worldlieess keeits Many people out of heavee, Men are efraie that the chariot a the Goepel will run over theie worldly business and kill it, and' therefore, they stay away. They say: "I can't afferd to be : Christian, ' and, they go on gathering e enoney. Though they may. Lave a t competency, they rake up the money, and hoard it, and hide it, and elutch it with a, dying miser's grip—not satisfi- s ed with whet they have attained, until e after a while remoree will melt all el that glittering stuff, and pour it legatee Into an iron bowl, end press it to the lips of the soulemieide, cempel- ling it to drink the excruciating t draught to the bottom! 0, it is world& nese, worldliness, that keeps many out cf heateen. The gate of life is blocked up with hugsheade and cotton bales These people measure their irantortal;i lity with a yard -stick. They weight eternity with the ' steelyards. They ;Pleat the life out of their soul with the , iron bar of a show -window, They give away their key to the gate of heaven, and take in preference the key that opens the earthly warehouse, and are very well eatineed with the exchagee :On Saturday night they square their !accounts with the world, but are on the way to eternal. bankruptey and everlasting imprisonment for debt. They put their worldly valuables in an iron safe, a fire -proof safe, while they expose their souls to perils in l which they must. LIE DOWN AND BURN FOREVER! 10, this accursed worldliness, how long lit has kept some of you away from your best interests! Now, I have frankly told you. the obstacles in the way of your getting into heaven, and yet I am here to tell ' you that they may be nzercorae, that you may crowd through between them and to repeat the words of Christ in your hearing, when He said: "Strive to enter in at the straight gate." What is the first thing to AO There are thousands of souls there that can say: "I want to be a Christian—what shall I do?" There are those here who suppose that there is a long lane that they must travel up, before. 'they come into the peace of the Gospel. They think that they must weep e great while over sin, that they must pass a great many sleepless nights, that they rnust keep on agonizing and praying weeks and inonths, and that then, as a sort of reward for what they have been doing, the Lord will bestow His pardon. 0, no. There is no Gospel in that. When, a man goes to college, he enters the freshman class, from there he goes to the sophomore ;class, there to the junior class, from. -their to the senior class. Then he 'gradnates e diplcena. But It is just reversed in this school oe Christ. eThe man gets his diploma of pardon rsigned in the blood of the cross at the ; beginning, or he never gets it at all. 'All your tears over sin will not save you. Al/ your long continued anxiety !about your soul will not save you, ;Nothing will save you but the laying ;bold of Christ. That is the first I step, that is the second step, that is 1 the third step, that is the last step. IYou say: "What do you mean by laying held of Christ?" I mean hav- ing faith in Him. "0," you say, "I 1 know nothing about these technioali- 1 ties." I am not talking teohnicalities. You have trust in your best earthly friend. Perhaps you have tgust and oonfidence in your partner in business. Now I'do 'not ask eou for ,anytietng ex- traordinary. I simply ask teat you ; take that trust which you have in men ' Nod Put it in Cthrist. Nothing more. bad if year friend in w.ho.ra you treat is worthy of your trust, I ask you if the Lord Jesus Christ who DIED IN AGONY ;AND BLOOD for your redemption, is not worthy of jest as much, to say nothing of having any more trust in him? "But how am I to get that faithi" Through prayer. '0," says some one, "I pray; 1 pray morning and night." Do you? or do you merely say your prayers? What is prayer? Is it an indifferent pro- cess of the soul? 0, no. Prayer is taking the gates of heaven by storm. It is besieging the throne of God. It is a red-hot utterance. You are cross- ing a shallow steenn on a plank. The plank rocks. Your friend gets on the short. You say: "Give me your hand. help me across." The thrusting out of that hand, and your request—is that prayer? 0, no. .But I will tell you what prayer is. You are an the steamship Melville, bound for Port Royal. The darkeess comes down up- on the sea, and with one great Iwave the bows of the vessel are knocked ;in. On a piece of the ship you 'float along hour after hour. Just after day dawns, a beat eoming from the shore is going around among the wreak and picking up the lost; but they do net 'seem to see you. Your life is almost gone. You know that if you cannot attract the attention of those boatmen, you are lost. You cry: "Look thts way help!. help !" That is prayer. Feel- ing that you are gone without the Lord's -rescue. 0, have you ever offer - 'ed suehl a prayer as that? Have you ooecentred all the energies of body, mind, and soul, in one struggle for Cbrist's pardon and salvation 1. If you have, then you have prayed; but if you have not, you have not. Here are many who are wishing they were Christians, lent they do not pray. can tell by the way they talk about they do not really pray. In addition/ to this, you must seare,h (the Bible as for your life. It Is an eld beolc. Some of you, perhaps, think it is obsolete; but you must search that book as for your lite, if you are going to, find the way to heaven.. (Now there are two ways of treading the Bible. Oue is an batellectualite. The ether is as a hearttexPerience, ft is a beautiful poem, andyou read it as you do Tennyeon. It Is a fine state- ment of principle's of law, and you (read it as you do Blackstone. It is a fine mental diacipline, and you read it as yea. do Dottgald Stewart, or Sir Wil- liam Herniltoo, or 1,Villiarn Reed. lent the Holy Spirit itt some fortenate hour comes in your heart. YOU OPEN THAT PIBLE. Somethiret says to yoer soul: "It is 116W heaven or hell with you." HOW eon read it then! AU your goal goes out toward it, You feet: "If 1 donet find pardon and light through the in. structione of this Book, I Will never and thane at all," With all the con- centrated erterge OEf yotte soul you read a push and a tug and a struggle to get in at, all. I purpose this evening, so far as God may help me, and I pray for His bless- ed pirit, to show you what are the obstacles in the way of your salva- tion, and how you ought to crowd in between them. I first remark that it is pride that chokes up the gate of salvation. There may be no bluster, no banter, no brag- gadoico about the man—there may be no supercilious toss of the head—there may be no pomposity in the gait or manner—there may be no ostentation of apparel; and yet, the first moment that Christ comes up to any soul and demands its surrender, that moment there flashes up a pride in the human heart that is amazing. To take par- don as a charity, to acknowledge one's self to be a spiritual pauper, to come down on the level with other trans- gressors—that is a demand that stings the soul into haughtiness and rebel- lion. Those of us who have entered into life reraember it well. There was a time when weLfelt that our reputa- tion for manhood depended upon hid- ing the fact that we were SERIOUS .A,BOITT 017R SOUL. We gathered up all our energies of body, mind, and spirit, ,in one determ- ination at self-control. We said to ourselves: "Others may show emotion, we will not show any. Others may weep over sin, we won't. Otters may cry for pardon, we will utter no such cry as that." Too proud to do it. 0, this infernal pride has kept thousands of souls oat of heaven, and it is what is keeping many of you out of heaven. Depend upon it, 0 seeking soul, just as long as you are ashamed to be found see mg for Christ, just as long as you are ashamed to pray, just as long as you are .ashamed to show any anxiety about your immortal spirit and its re- demption—just so long you will fail in all searth for pardon and peace and heaven.. Suppose you had a check on a belle, and instead of presenting it in the da.ytirae, you should -crawl up at night through the cellar -way into the main counting -room; you would be arrested as a robber.. If you said: "I have simply oome in to present this check,'" the keeper of the bank would say: "You have no business to come this way, or to come now. Come be- tween ten and three o'clock. Come in at the front door." Now, I want to tell you, my dear brothel', that there is no subterranean way of getting up into the pardon of Christ. :As long as you are ashamed to come in the door, and in the sight of the whole world, gazing at you and. 'scoffing at you, if need be, you will never find the peace and pardon of the Gospel. There is no such thing as "hide and seek" in re- ligion. You cannot drive throagh the gate of pardon with: a coach and four. It Is a narrow gate; and yet those of lis who are followers of Jesus Christ look back to our experience, and re- member that it was that pride of our seul ehat kept us beck so long; and es was not until that pride was hum- bled before God, that our sins were .pardoned, and the light of God's throne streamed upon our vision. Again: there are especial sins that keep some people out of the gate of heaven., Almost every one has a darling transgression. With one, it. is this sort of sin. With another, it is some other sort of transgression. With this man, 11 18 the vvine cup. With another, it is salacious 'desire. With another, it is bitter hostility to some enemy. And you come to the man and talk about his soul, but be finds no peace, and the darkness hovers month after month. Yoo say within your- self: "What is the matter with that man? Why can't he find peace?" Ah, be has not told you the whole secret. There is some one he hates with AN UNUTTERABLE HATRED, and as long as you have an hatred for any one on earth, you will never find Jesus Christ. You must give up hostili- ties, And yet there are men, who say: "If I have to forgive my neighbor that man who did me such outrageous -wrong — 1 won't come at aft, 111 die first!" They run their ship on the rock of eternal destruction rathet then throw it swine trough, overboard, ot set their sail by God's compass. et is that one sin that is going in hopple them for eternity. Rather than have it taken out, they let that/ cancer enl en and eat on into the vitals of their iramortel rattan; and 3' have to tell all those who are seeking God —and there y-yy it. There is en eld sea captain who hoe etet been on the water for twenty Year% kre )7.4 sktting in his home, and his graudobild is playing at his feet With the chart and the sea -glass and the compaes—very lbeautiful play- thi,ngs. Tee old eaptain hes eo nse for them, so he lets his greedchild have thdio7t anSdasteewallitlheegelaantuelpianstsheaVittli"tbkes sea-refase and tee chart Ws mind enee back to the tine when, lee handled these things under very different cir- don that came elown on the Sea, end Lila time when he saw the froth of de- cuenstances. He thinks ot the eurocly- struction on the mouth of the wave, and the heavens swinging beck its mantle of darkness to strike with sword of fire, and it seemed as if they naust all perish. 0, then, how the cap - tale examined the compass! 0, then how his finger trembled over the chart. In the oris case it is it 'child's toy ; the other, it is sbipwreck or resene.'Se there tire men who come to read this Bible, this glorious chart. It is very beautiful to look over, and thee sae: "There is a rock, and here is e, rook, aed there is a lighthouse, and here is the gulf -stream of God' mercy." But, after a while, the Holy Spirit comes upon the soul. The man says: "It is high time now I found. out ray latitede and lorigitude. Where am I?" And the storm howls through the heart. The man says: "What' is to become of me? Shall I go down, or shall I go up?" How he reads the Bible then 1 How he looks at the chart then—al this rock, at that rock, at. that lighthouse, this gulf - stream, that promontory I 0, it is a different chart then! In the one case, he ran his intellectual finger across the page ancl examined it as a curios- ity. In the other case, he examined with reference to his immortal rescue. Do you read the Bible in that way? Some of you do. Within the Past five, tee, twenty days, that Rook has ap- peared. to you a new Book, and you have bowed before God. YOU READ IT ON YOUR KNEES; and. while you were there a lighb fro the throne struck the page and yo had an overwhelming interview net the Alhnighty. I will illustrate my meaning in an other way, You are passing down stree and. looking in a photographer's win dow, you see sortie very fine piotur there. You say: "That picture of man or chile is as fine a work of ar as I ever looked at. That is well don That le really one of the finest gal leries in this street." But to-morrot word comes to you that your brother who has been many years in China, o India, or Russia, has just,died, and th letter strikes you like a thunderbol You go to an old drawer and you tak out a photograph of that brother: A the first glance at the features, al your boyhood memories come back, an your soul melts within you. You ca look no more at the picture for you weeping. You say: "He is gone. Yes he is gone. How natural that is. Ho I did love him. How we loved eac other. Gone !" Ah, that is the differ ence in reading the Bible. In the on case, you take up tbe photograph o Christ, by Matthew, 1VIark, Luke an John, and say: "It is very beautifu This is really a fine work of art. Why how self-sacrificing He was, how kin He was, how generous to all the poo He was. Beautiful picture 1" But i some favored hour you take up thi Book, and. you say: "That is Jesus who died for nay soul. That is Jesus my brother. 0, He is the sweetest am ong ten thousand. He is the One alto gether lovely." You feel like kissin the Book. Blessed. by Jesus, blessed b Jesus. You say now: "It is not a col photograph now, is it?" 0, how nea it does come to your soul! Do yo look at the 13ibee in that way? Is jesu a stranger 'to you, or is He abrother You know very well then what I mean by reading the Bible with an earnes spirit, and reading it in a cold, critical spirit. If you are not seeking fo Christ through the earnestprayer tha I spoke of and. through the coignes reading of the Bible that I described you. are 'hot really seeking for Him a all, and you. might as well give it up If you kept on in that way for fifty years, you would not find heaven. I am preaching this sermon to -night be cause I see 'what a farce men make of seeking God. It is a mere indefinite wish. Now, they think they would like to be Christians. Now, they think they would not. THE FINGER OF SCORN makes them tremble. The first laugh of a deriding companion makes Ahem give up every serious itnpression. It is the store first, it, is the shop first it is ehe world first. It' is Christ last, it is heaven last. 0, what infernal sorcery bath bewitched them, that about things which perish they are so active, and about- the things that last forever they are so passive. 0, ham- mer of God's word, break thab rock. 0, Holy Spirit, breathe on the corpse of death until bone shall come to bone, and sinew, to sinew, and the nostril throb, and the. heart beat, and the eyes open on the wonders of a Saviour's love. "Come to Jesus "—what an old song. , Some one described Christians as being" the Come to Jesus people." That is what they have described Christians to be. 1 am one of them. Come to Jesus, 0 thou wandering sol 1 you say, "father and mother won't let me come. They don't believe in teese things. They don't want me to come. 0 father, mether, COMe yourselves and bring your children with you. Has it come to this, that last 'Friday night in our a:sayer-meeting there were sone and daughters thet arose in that meet- ing, and. said: "Pray for my father,' pray for my mother 1" Has it come to this, that instead of parents bringing children to Christ, as in olden time, it is now children bringing their par- ents to Christ? Corns this day, weary with your sin. Are you not tired? How long have yore been carrying that burden 1 Five years, ten years, twenty years, thirty years—aye, there are some who h,ave grown gray in sin; fifty and. sixty years you have been carrying this burden. Do you not get tired' of it" 'Would you hot like this hour to put down youn burden e at the feet of my Lord? Then take the 'levita- tion to "Come to Jesus," and come now. Will, you come? Join hands together. Fluebtiod and wife, come tee -ether. Parents and childten, brothers and Stetere, come together. Jesus waits ?to receive you. Hie locks wee with the dews of the night, He bas been knocking at the door of thy eottl, say- ing: "Open unto me. ittehold, I stand at the door and knock," :Will you re- ceive ? For this, will these 'Chris - gen Men and, women pray as thettgh they never peayed before? 0, re 'aged, men, near your last account, ye aged men soon to pass over the river ane be with the Lord, give trs °tie paore prayer before you go, "My Father, MY Father, the chariots oe Israel' and the h°arsttheuleentrasoetnesofLdI4dOetlepleharteerirteb s: plc"arny tla once in the quietness of their happy home, MaY be born again by the altars of God. And these impenitent souls that neyer prayed before, will they tot now begin to strive, and seek, and weep, end pray, until this long dis- qUietude of their soul is hushed, and the Churob. of God extends' its hands a congratulation toward you, and the ransomed before the throne wake the song of jubilee? ENGLISH WORKMEN'S wivgs. A German lower Has Nothing But Seor.t Gar Them -Not at all Food oc Work. English women with a fancy for see - Mg themselves as others see them would do well to read a certain curious little book, "How the English Work- man Lives," in which much is said of them, and not to their advantage. The hook is written by a German miner who is. living in England. He lavishes praise without stint on England and all things English, except English wt.- men—for them he has nothing but scorn. Englishmen he depicts es quite model characters, and he seems at a loss to aecoent for the fact that they, of all men, should be condemned to have as helpmates such thriftless, werthless women as they have. The Deutsche Hausfra.0 is, of course, his ideal evotaan ; and he has never a doubt that Englishmen would be much happier than they are, much' better tended, too, could they but exchange their English wives for German.. And he seems to have the hope that this exchange may be effected—providing his countrywomen will learn English. "German women are in great repute," he tells is, "and were it not for the difference in language many a girl would find a good opening over here." Thus made -in -Germany wives are to be the order of the day! In England, we are told, "most of the working-class women are too lazy to sew, although all girls must learn it at school. .A. stranger who did not un- derstand how matters stood would be astonished, in walking through -the streets of a working-class quarter be- tween 9 and 10 o'clock in the morning to find two-thirds of the women ,un- washed and uncombed, with their clothes pinned instead of properly stitched together. The English ehou.se- wife is not found of hard work. She does not even like carrying from shop to house a basket or parcel above ten pounds in weight." DO NOT LIKE HARD WORK. She has, forsooth, to have it sent home for her The truth of the mat- ter is she has not been brought up to work, we are assured.. "Even as a ser- vant she has not had to work hard. . . The English workmen themselves say that things are male too easy for the women." If they do say so, it is hot, we are inclined to think, when their wives are within earshot—at least not if they are wise men. When he speaks of Englishwomen as cooks, this German miner sniffs with contempt, and in this he has our sym- pathy. They can bake bread, he says, and that is about all they can do. Cook a decent meal, they cannot and will not. "English cookery is expen- sive, because the English woman does not understand preparing food as a German does. . . . But then, Germen women are harder working and more frugal than English women, and un- derstand household work better." They are up by 5 o'clock in the morning, too, whereas their English sisters often lie in bed until 8. Not only are English workmen's wives thriftless and lazy—that they keep their houses neat and clean is ad- mitted, however—but according to their German critio, they have other and still raore serious failings, Tbey ne- glect their children and Pawn their husbands' belongings—their babies' clothes and shoes. The privileges they, enjoy stand in sore need of curtailment he naaintabas. For women "are allow- ed to drink in taverns, just es. men do,P and the result is that." tipsy Wo- men are as plentiful as tipsy men on Saturday -nights. Nay, certain it .is that moee womext than men are ad- dicted to drink. Female factory hands are mostly topers. The effect upon their morality may be imagined." The picture this German draws of English workingmen's wives is cer- tainly ao unpleasing one; an unfair one, too, in some respects, although un- happily, not in all. HER DOWER. The sea has her dimples, so has her cheek, And its coral is the hue of her lips . as they speak. The The sun has its sunshine, so has her hair; moon has its soft beams, her smiles, are more fair. The stars have their glory, as nightly they throng; The earth has its treasures; her heart Ah, would 1 could fathom the song that she sings, And oweep as her spirit, on infinite wings. bas Lis song. 'TROUBLE! IN SIGHT. Clark—I know now exactly how a defaulter feels when he stands on the verge of discovery. Green—Why, what ? Clark—Yes. When my wife went away she told me to be sure and have the plumbing overhauled while she was gone. I forgot it till this minute, and she'll be home to -morrow. A DEFICIENCY. Ftapoe ie the hente of mcdern art, Said the young man. Well, answered the blunt citizen, wlee had. been reading of the Dreyfus case, Maybe they cati paint artistically end sing artistically and dance artis- tically. But I'M blest if they cam Ito 001We:tiny, nig WEDDING VEIL, rho Revival la Taste for OW Lace -Queen Victoria's Veil of Fittest Donlon. The most utilitarian of modern WO - mm must admit that there is some- thing delightful about the, wedding veil, which nide to its beauty if it be the dabetiest Alenson point and melees it of Priceless valee to the wearer even though it be a shnple length of tulle. It is a symbol of the :maidenhood which is .ever worn on that momentous day when romatice holds sway and life has such infinite possibilites for good or evil. Very effete this item of the bridal toilet is the one which carries out the old adage of Something old and something new, Something borrowed, and something }Otte. for it is often both old and borrowed, descended down from mother to daugh- ter an one side of the house, usually the bride's. In former years the veil was thrown back, both Queen Victoria and the Princess of Wales appearing so says an English aethority, but now- adays it falls on the face. The Duch- ess of York wore a veil in which her mother had been married, the same doing service at the wedding of Lady Margaret Grosvenor. It is if fine Brussels point. The wedding veil of Queen Victoria was of fine Melton lace. The revival in taste for old lace has been far-reaching with regard to the wedding veil. The bride is fortunate who can appear on her marriage day in the web of Brussels applique, Honi- ton, Mechlin, or Argentan which was worn by her mother or grandmother. Occasionally an old historical lace veig is draped over the court train, tulle of an especially transparent make being used as a fall over the face and dress. The wedding veil of Princess Helene of France, who is now the Duchess de Aosta, was extremely beautiful. It was 14 feet long and had been especial- ly made at Bayeux,. where the finest modern Manson point is now manu- factured. The usual size of the special- ly -woven tulle is 3 yards square. Of this the front should fall slightly be- low the waist, not so deep as to ne- cessitate the bouquet being covered by the folds. At two points 12 inches apart the material shduld be gather- ed up and fixed firmly on each side of the highest coil in the headdress. It Ls well when fixing the veil to throw back the portions which falls over the face, in order to see if the arrangement is equally becoming, and pins are secure for this style. A lit- tle forethought in this matter obviates the piessibility of any catastrophe in the vestry or the drawing room which might happen if the veil were thrown back for the first time. MOST EXQUISITELY DELICATE. In connection with the magnify:5m veil of point de France, which was speedily made for the Czarina, there is an extremely sad incident, So ex- quisitely delicate was the work that only speeially trained women could exe- cute the garlands and heraldic escut- cheons which ornamented it. When the veil was almost completed one of the women died, and it was only with the greatest difficulty that the surviving workers could get the beautiful nee- dle point finished in time for the wed- ding. The hairdressing raost suitable for the wedding veil is worn high. Paris- ; Ian brides are iow using the Cyrano comb; the hair is brought up to the I crown of the head after skillful wav- ing has been effected. It is not very full toward the neck, but particularly so over the ears. In fact, the front of the hair is so full that it almost forms a fringe, corning to a point in front. A small diadera or tiny spray of orange blossoms is placedowell toward the front and the veil fastened on each i side of the head, the pins frequently being made in the forra of an orange , flower. it ITE WAS NOBBNE.0 18 BEAD WILLIAM ROSS REFURNED AFTER TWENTY-SIX YEARS. Ws Family Bad Almost Forgotten ilitu- lfe'w nag Come Back Crom South ' Africa, Bringing a Fortune 'With The, home -coming of Wm. Ross, who returned to Toro4o on Friday after an absence of 20 years in South Africa, where he amassed a fortune, reads like a chapter frona one of Haggard's ro- mances. Mr. Ross had been mourned aa dead by his family for 23 years. More than 20 years ago William Ross, then a lusty and ambitious young To- ronto boy, bade adieu to home and loved ones and departed to seek his fortune ia a foreign land. In common with many venturesome spirits he was attracted to eoutle Africa. For about matt thabsent eurhne aiei sob sayhteeionaomr: se 0, Joni eneeta, tTsetetolt'dre,oirtnavrtneeordg.e irregular • Then fe: ene ii vynaetEevnofmibms afterwards news of tOs death, was re- ceived by the anacious family. That was 23 years ago, and from that period : epretioy. ino afe:vrndeadasysagdoeand.othing further was learned of his fate. He Was -site During this time many clianges took place. The remaining children grew to Womanhood's estate, and a daugh- ter and a son born since his departure replaced the boy whore they believed to be sleeping in an unmarked grave finulfnaers-os foff tAtinfreMpa.asTshede aftwttahyet.i in the RETURNED LAST FRIDAY. Last Friday a bronzed middle-aged stranger arrived in Toronto, and in- quired for Mrs.. Ross, After a tithe he succeeded in locating the lady's young- est daughter, who is the wife of Mr. Charles D. McKenday, in the employ of the Allen Manufacturing Co. Mr, and Mrs. Mcleendry reside at 152 Elar- bord street, but at peeseot they oc- cupy a cottage at Kew Beach., The stranger in question turned up; at the cottage on Friday and requested Mrs. McKenary to direct him to her mother. Mrs. McKendry informed him that her mother was out of town. The stranger plied her with questions about her mother, her sisters, and herself. He then abruptly informed her that he was William Ross, her long -lost brf°rtihe,:rhefworheh o slefewasthome brn. ofor South A Mrs. MeKendry regarded the strang- er be the light of an impostor, and told him that he could not be her brothers as her brother was dead. The stranger insisted that such was the relationship exieleng betwe'en them, Mrs. McKen- dry suddenly remembered a story her rciother had told her about an. accident which be el her brother when a ehad, in which he lost a portion of one of his toes. She told the stranger this, where- upon he xemoved his shoe, disclosing the dismembered Lea. All doubt as to his identify then vanished, and the sister accorded a cordial welcome to the brother she had never seen. The mother and the other members of the,:xt" faintly were communicated d.__ with, an that evening there was a happy family reunion in the cottage at Kew Beach, of his vv.ielaaothdoeisioongo.and brother they had mourned as dead recounted the story HIS ADVENTURES ABROAD. When Mr. Ross landed in South Af- rica he experienced the ups and downs incidental to life, in a new country. Fortune did not smile on his efforts at first. Gradually he grew away from his old assotiates. He devoted him- self to the task of amassing a fortune ad became as one lost to his old home and friends. Building a fortune even n South Africa is air up -hill and gradual process, but by pluck and per- severance Mr. Ross accomplished until woe-aday bgeoeiss. counted wealthy, as lthThe recent trouble in the Transvaal, which may ultimately result rn war between the Boers and England, set Mr. Ross thinking that until the dis- pute is acljasted.one way or the other here are securer places for men of means than South Africa. This train thought brought a flood of recollec- ions of his boyhood days, and he was eized with -an irresistible desire to gain look upon his old home. Con- erting his ready money into bank notes he placed it in a large belt, which he fastened around his waist, he belt contained upwards of 060,000. n this manner he safely brought hes reasure to Toronto. Be found that is mother, one brother, and three sis. ems resided in Toronto, and located hem is3 the romantic manner detailed boyo. • It is Mr. Ross' intention to return to outh Africa and one _oe his sisters, rho is a widow, will probably aocom. any him. After his arrival in South Africa Mr. ass worked for about five years as a miner. With the money thus accumu. latecl he started speculating, and gradually acquired a competence. Mr, Ross is a bachelor. COSTLY PIPES. One tinned by the Shah of Persia the Finest In the world. 3/fuzaffer-ed-bin lAirza, the Shahin- t shah, King of Kings who reigns.- over the Kingdom of Persia, owns the most expensive pipe'in the w-orld.. The Kai- s lian, or Pipe of State, which he owns 1 a and smokes on high imperial occasions, I v is valued at $460,000 and is set with diamonds, rubies and emeralds of the , T costliest kind. Not only are the e mouthpiece and the upper and lower t portions of the snake -like shank of h gold, enameled and set with the finest t gems, but the water bowl and pipe t bowl are equally splendid and rich a with lavish jewel work. The Prince of Wales visited the Sultan of Turkey in s 1862, and was invited by the Sultan to smoke a narghile which was inlaid „ with diamonds, valued at $15,000, and e' which was given to the Prince as a o souvenir of his visit. A pipe made wholly of meerschaum and amber for Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria cost 43,- 000. THE WOMEN OF HOMER. A' though the women of Athens in the d,ays of its glory, had, a position which is to -day believed, to have been not merely inferior, but servile ancl debas- ed, yet the earlier women, both of what may be called the period of the Home- ric singer and of the Homeric listen- er, were evidently a very superior order, receiving respect end duty, ahd giving a bigh one to their social life. There are but two ignoble wot men in all the pages of Homer, Melen and Clytehnnestra ; and even to them o certitio sort of honor was awarded by those about them. All the other women of Homer s song wore clignifi- ed, gentle, noble, with lofty stand- ards of morals and behavior, and ex- erting a wide and valuable influence. They are generally characterized by a sweet courtesy; they have a natural' refinroent ; and in all the story that is told of them we recognize a warmth of family feeling, a lefty elegance of manners, a grace wialeh is haeclfy excelled by the manners and habits of the ladies of to-daY. A SHREWD DOCTOR. , Ale, said the man who is sometimes morose and visionary, "If I only had the wings of an eagle and the neart of a lion. • Another touch of dyspepsia murmur- ed the family physician, in tones of sympathy. Ely dear fellow, wh,et you ought to wish for is the etoranch of a goat. AUTOMOBILES IN 1740. Vaucanson is said to have invented the first horseless carriage about 156 years ago. The celebrated raechanie cieri had the honor, in 1740, of exhibit, ing the vehicle to Lotus XV., of France, who was so pleased with its working that he promised Vaucanson his patronage, ,et POUND FOR POUND. She eays it was eating so much candy that mede her ae fat. Ali! That aecounte for her sweet weigh, &teenY t 111